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Majority of largest asset owners recognise risk of climate change: AODP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017  |  NEWS
Sixty percent of the world's 500 largest asset owners recognise the financial risks of climate change, the opportunities in the transition to the low carbon economy, and are taking action, according to the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) Global ...

Directors, senior executives have obligation to consider climate change: Norton Rose Fulbright

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... scenario is the scenario by which government target capping global warming at 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels. "I'm aware that there are a number of different consultants out there that offer a service the two-degree planning and the target- based ...

Chart: CDP assessment of APRA-regulated entities' climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
As APRA regulated entities digest the implications of Geoff Summerhayes' recent speech, The Sustainability Report asked CDP for the scores of ASX-listed companies in the financial sector as a means to determine which companies are publicly disclosing ...

CEFC appoints Ian Learmonth as new chief executive officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... very broad range of technologies, renewables, low emission technologies and efficiencies, and the organisation is acutely aware of the changing dynamics in the energy markets and ensuring that there is security, and reliability in the electricity market. ...

Commonwealth Bank issues $650 million climate bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has issued its first climate bond, raising $650 million to fund renewable and low-carbon projects in Australia. The CBA Climate Bond will fund 12 eligible Australia projects, including renewable energy generation ...

Number of culturally diverse women ASX leaders "extremely low": DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... community in which you operate is good business. It connects you to those customers, shows you're reflective of them and you're aware of their needs. You can't think your way into another person's head. You have to have the people on your team to create ...

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank launch Socially Responsible Growth Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... runs according to the investment process of Sandhurst Trustees, with an ESG overlay," Rohan said. "People are becoming more aware of these matters, and we offer it both directly through the bank and through our highly recognised, true to label Bendigo ...

APRA calls for stress-testing of climate change risks in regulated entities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... supervision." "So what can you expect to see from us," Summerhayes said in the speech. "Firstly, something you would already be aware of is a greater emphasis on stress testing for organisational and systemic resilience in the face of adverse shocks. ...

Trailblazers, Good Shepherd Microfinance launch Financial Inclusion Action Plans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... across multiple sectors and joins people up, is a recognition that financial exclusion is a wicked problem. We have bene aware of it for about 20 years now, and individually, each of the sectors and many of the players in the sector have been working ...

Banks consider the implications of Sustainable Development Goals

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... customers. The biggest pressure comes from peers within the bank sector and other industries. Peers and other businesses are more aware of the development in the sustainability sector. Although the pressure from the customers is not being felt yet, Walker ...